Review on light management by nanostructures in chalcopyrite solar cells

M Schmid - Semiconductor Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Light management has gained wide interest for various types of solar cells. This paper
reviews the application of nanostructures for light management to chalcopyrite (CIGSe) type …

Light Coupling and Trapping in Ultrathin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells Using Dielectric Scattering Patterns

C van Lare, G Yin, A Polman, M Schmid - Acs Nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
We experimentally demonstrate photocurrent enhancement in ultrathin Cu (In, Ga) Se2
(CIGSe) solar cells with absorber layers of 460 nm by nanoscale dielectric light scattering …

Aspects of effectiveness and significance: The use of machine learning methods to study CuIn1-xGaxSe2 solar cells

N Bandaru, MK Enduri, CV Reddy, RR Kakarla - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The goal of this work is to enhance the efficiency of CuIn 1-x Ga x Se 2 (CIGS) thin film solar
cells by investigating the critical factors affecting their device performance and the …

Addressing the impact of rear surface passivation mechanisms on ultra-thin Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cell performances using SCAPS 1-D model

R Kotipalli, O Poncelet, G Li, Y Zeng, LA Francis… - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract We present a (1-D) SCAPS device model to address the following:(i) the surface
passivation mechanisms (ie field-effect and chemical),(ii) their impact on the CIGS solar cell …

Optimisation of rear reflectance in ultra-thin CIGS solar cells towards> 20% efficiency

O Poncelet, R Kotipalli, B Vermang, A Macleod… - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In order to decrease their cost and the use of rare metal elements, thin film solar cell
thicknesses are continuously reduced at the expense of their efficiency, due to a lack of …

Advanced light management based on periodic textures for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells

C Onwudinanti, R Vismara, O Isabella, L Grenet… - Optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We have used 3-D optical modelling to investigate light management concepts based on
periodic textures and material optimization for photovoltaic devices based on Cu (In, Ga) …

Optical simulation of light management in CIGS thin-film solar cells using finite element method

N Bednar, N Severino, N Adamovic - Applied Sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
In this paper we present an optical simulation of light management in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin-
film solar cells with reduced absorber layer thickness, with the goal of absorption …

Light Trapping in Ultrathin CIGS Solar Cell With Absorber Thickness of 0.1 m

K Sasihithlu, N Dahan, JJ Greffet - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Commercial thin-film solar cells have a thickness of absorber layer in the range 1-2.5 μm. As
the thickness of the absorber layer is reduced below 1 μm, light absorption reduces …

Questions of Simplifying the Methods of Testing Photoconverters Based on Cu(In,Ga)Se2. Part 1: A Basis for Mathematical Modeling of the Current–Voltage …

A Komilov - Applied Solar Energy, 2018 - Springer
An analysis of possible errors of laboratory studies of current–voltage (I–V) characteristics
for solar cells based on Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) using different lamps is provided, and the …